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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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