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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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