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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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