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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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