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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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