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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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