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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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