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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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