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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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