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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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