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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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