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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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