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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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