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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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