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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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