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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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