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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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