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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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