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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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