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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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