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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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