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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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