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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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