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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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