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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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