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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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