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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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