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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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