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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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