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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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