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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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