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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes 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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