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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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