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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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