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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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