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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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