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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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