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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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