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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers 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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