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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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