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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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