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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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