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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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