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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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