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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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