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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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