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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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