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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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