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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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