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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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