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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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