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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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