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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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