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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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