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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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