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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major 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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