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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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