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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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