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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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