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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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