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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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