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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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