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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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