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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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