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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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