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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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