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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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