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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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