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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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