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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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