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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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