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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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