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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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