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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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