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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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