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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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