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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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