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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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