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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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