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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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