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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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