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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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