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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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