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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the 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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