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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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