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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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