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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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