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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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