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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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