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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers 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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