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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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