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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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