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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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