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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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