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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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