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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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