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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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