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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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