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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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