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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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