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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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