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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details 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 topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)