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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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