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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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