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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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