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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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