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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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