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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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