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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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