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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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