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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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