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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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