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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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