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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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