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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major 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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