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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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