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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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