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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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