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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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