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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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