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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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 massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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