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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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