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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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