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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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