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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating 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 thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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