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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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