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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the 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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