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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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