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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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