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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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