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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the 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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