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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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