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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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