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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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