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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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