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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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