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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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