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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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