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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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