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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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