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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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