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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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