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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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