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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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