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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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