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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details 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 definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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