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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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