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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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