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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies 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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