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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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