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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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