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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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