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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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