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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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