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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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