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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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