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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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