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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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