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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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