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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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