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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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