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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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