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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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