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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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