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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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