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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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