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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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