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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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