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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the 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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