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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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