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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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