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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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