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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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