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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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