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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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