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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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