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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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