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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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