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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education ventures. People want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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