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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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