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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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