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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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