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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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