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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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