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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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