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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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