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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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