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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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