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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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