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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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