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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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