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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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