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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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