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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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