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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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