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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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