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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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