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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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