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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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