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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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