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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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