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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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