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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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