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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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