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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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