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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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