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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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