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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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