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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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