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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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