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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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