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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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