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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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