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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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