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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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