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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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