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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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