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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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