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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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