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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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