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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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