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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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