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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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