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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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