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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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