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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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