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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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