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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key 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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