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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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