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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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