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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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