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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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