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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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