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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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