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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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