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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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