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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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