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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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