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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews 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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