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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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