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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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