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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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