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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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