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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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