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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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