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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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