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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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