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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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