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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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