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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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