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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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