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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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