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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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