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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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