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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning make it possible for people 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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