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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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