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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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