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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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