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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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