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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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