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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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