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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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