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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always 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 distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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