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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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