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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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