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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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