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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What 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 organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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