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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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