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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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