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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important 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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