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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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