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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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