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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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