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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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