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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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