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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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