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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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