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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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