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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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