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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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