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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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