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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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