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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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