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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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