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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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