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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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