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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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