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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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