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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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