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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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