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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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