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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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