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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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