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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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