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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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