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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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