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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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