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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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