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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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