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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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