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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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