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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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