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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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