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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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