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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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