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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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