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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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