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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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