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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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