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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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