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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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