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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines 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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