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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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