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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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