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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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