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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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