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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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