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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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