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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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