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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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