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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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