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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). New evolvements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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