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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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