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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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