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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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