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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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