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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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