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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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