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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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