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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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