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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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