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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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