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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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