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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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