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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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