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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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