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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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