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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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