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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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