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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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