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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers 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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