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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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