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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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