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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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