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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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