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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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