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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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