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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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