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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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