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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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