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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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