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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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