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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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