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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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