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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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