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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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