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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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