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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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