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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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