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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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