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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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