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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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