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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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