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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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