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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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