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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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