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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major 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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