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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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