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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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