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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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