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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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