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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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