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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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