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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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