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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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