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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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