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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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