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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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