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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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