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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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