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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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