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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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