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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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