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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the 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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