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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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