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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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