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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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