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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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