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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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