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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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