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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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