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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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