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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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