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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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