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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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