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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key 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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