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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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