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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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