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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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