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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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