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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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