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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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