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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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 online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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