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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major 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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