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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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