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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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