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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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