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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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