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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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