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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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