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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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