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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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