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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information 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 issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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