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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key 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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