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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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