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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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