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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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