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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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