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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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