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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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