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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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