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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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