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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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