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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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