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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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