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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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