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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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