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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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