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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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