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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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