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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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