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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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