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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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