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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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