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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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