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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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