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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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