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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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