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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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