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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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