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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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