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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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