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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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