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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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