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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important 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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