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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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