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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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