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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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