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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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