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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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