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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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