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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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