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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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