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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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