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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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