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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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