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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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