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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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