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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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