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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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