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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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