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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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