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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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