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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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