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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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