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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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