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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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