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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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