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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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