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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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