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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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