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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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