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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating 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 interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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