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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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