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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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