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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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