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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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