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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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