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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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