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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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