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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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