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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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