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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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