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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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