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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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