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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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