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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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