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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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