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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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