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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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