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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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