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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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