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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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