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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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