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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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