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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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