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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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