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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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