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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines 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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