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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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