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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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