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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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