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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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