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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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