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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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