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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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