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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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