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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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