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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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