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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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