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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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