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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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